Tripod Vessel with Goggle-Eyed Figure

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Tripod Vessel with Goggle-Eyed Figure

Mexico, Basin of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Teotihuacan, 450–550 CE
Ceramics
Ceramic with post-fire stucco and pigments
LE Inventory: 5 5/8 × 5 7/8 in. (14.29 × 14.92 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1993.217.16)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017.

  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.

  • Robb, Matthew H., editor. Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2017.

  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.
  • Dorfman, John. "Where the Gods Were Born." Art & Antiques 41, no.5 (2018): 46-50
  • Mandell, Elisa C. "A New Analysis of the Gender Attribution of the "Great Goddess" of Teotihuacan." Ancient Mesoamerica 26, no.1 (2015): 29-49.
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Exhibition history

  • The Painted City: Art from Teotihuacan Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 29, 2014 - December 7, 2014